Present Simple Jaar 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Tell me a fun fact

Write something you do every day

Present Simple

Gewoontes

Feiten

Regelmaat

What does the Present Simple consist of?

• Present Simple = Tegenwoordige tijd
• SHIT-rule

• Fact

I ride my bike

• Regularity

We walk to school on Monday

• Habit

He usually goes outside in the evening

Present = Het heden

SHIT of niet?

1. The people are walking
2. Fred is not feeling right
3. The dog barks at the mailman
4. They sneezed at the same time

Create a sentence using SHIT

How do you create the present simple?

• I/You/We/They + werkwoord

I work everyday

• He/She/It (SHIt) + werkwoord + (e)s

He always watches football 

Negative form of Present Simple

Use do and does to make it negative

He/She/We + do/does + not + verb

The main verb stays in its base form

❌ She doesn’t likes ice cream.

✅ She doesn’t like ice cream.

✅ They don’t watch TV.

Examples

She doesn’t eat meat.

We don’t go to the gym on Fridays.

Do not	Don't
Does not	Doesn't

Signaalwoorden

• Words that tell us when

every day/night/evening/etc. 

Always, often, sometimes, never

• Examples

She always drinks coffee in the morning

We play football every Saturday.

Exercises

She ______ (watch) TV every evening.

We ______ (go) to the park on Sundays.

He ______ (not like) vegetables.

They ______ (play) tennis after school.

My mother ______ (always, cook) delicious meals.